Helix (Bulimus) longiseta S. Moricand, 1846

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1), pp. 57-103 : 73

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7278127
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scientific name	Helix (Bulimus) longiseta S. Moricand, 1846
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Helix (Bulimus) longiseta S. Moricand, 1846: 156 , pl. 5 figs 18-20.

Bulimulus longiseta . – Pilsbry, 1897 [ 1897 -1898]: 77, pl. 13 figs 22-23.

Type locality: [ Brazil] “la province de Bahia ”.

Label: “ Bahia ”, in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “7 millimètres de haut et autant de large”; figured specimen herein H 6.91, D 5.72, W 4.0.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-64605 , six syntypes (ex Blanchet, Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Moricand did not mention on how many specimens his description was based. The material found are likely not adults. Protoconch sculpture consisting of oblique axial riblets, interstices ca. four times as wide as the riblets, becoming zigzag on lower 1/4 part of the first whorl; very fine spiral striae in between the riblets. Tentatively placed in the genus Protoglyptus Pilsbry, 1897 .

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae , Protoglyptus longisetus (S. Moricand, 1846) (comb. n.).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Order	Stylommatophora
Family	Helicidae
Genus	Helix